I bought a new RF900 in 94 in black, it was a toss up between that and the blade but it was around £1500 cheaper so price decided for me. Loved it, a great bike.
I still like analogue clocks, like these here, over any the new digital/high definition thingies ... I dread to think what a replacement would/will cost, when they eventually start to play up.
I've sort of streetfightered my 94 RF900R. I took the lower fairing off but kept the nose, removed the grab handle, swapped the front forks for the B12 ones and jacked it up a little. It's so much better
The RF's nose looks like Alien, so cool! Though I've never been keen on the back end. Mine is red with black grills, looks very smart. Rare now. Interesting to hear that the performance is similar. Good video, thanks for sharing.
Nice to see an old rf9 being loved. Wish i still had mine i bought showroom new. Same color scheme as yours. I wanted to do the gixxer 1100 swap eventually also😂. You built my dream bike. I had the v&h ss2r on mine and shortened rear fender, stubby signals, Dynojet kit & k&n filter were my only mods. Sold it in 2001 when i started having kids. Much love to you brother. Thanks for the video
@Adikxx - Re: The RF9 Head & Tail lights, I did a mod whereby I pulled them apart, inserted a string of LEDs around the edge of the lights and modded the main bulbs, as below:- Headlight - used a low oven temp to soften and split it open, then glued in a string of LED's around the shape of the headlight to be wired up and used as the sidelight, and then the main bulb (replaced with a 200% brighter Philips bulb) as per normal - Dipped/High beam. Rear light cluster - Similar thing, used oven low temp to soften the seal, split both light housings open, then glued in a ring of LEDS around the shape of each of the two light cases, and wired them in to be the normal rear light, then, wired all three normal filament bulbs to be used as the brake lights. I'd be happy to send anyone the pictures so you can see the tidy effect shown as example of the work I did (fully passed MOT's with no problems too!), my email address is on my RUclips home/info page, it looked cool having the front and rear lights lit up at dusk/night, and, it was a fairly easy job to do too! 😏👌 God I miss my RF900RW (it was a California import in dark green with the grey graphics, I junked all the junk air/fumes-recycling crap and did other mods to her too..) 😎🇬🇧
I got my RF 'by accident' - it was in the right place, at the right time, at low price ... Great all rounders, under-rated, plenty quick enough. Only real weakness - the plastic coupling on the later models' alternators (see the owners forum for info), but these will still last 30,000 or more; the alternator on the earlier bikes (94-96) - the 'green label' one lasts and lasts.... If I had my time over again? I should have waited, and got another ZX-9R/or a 10, but that's not down to the Suzuki, just a decades long appreciation of Kawasaki engineering - people that build ships and aircraft bit and pieces are on a different level altogether ;-)
I took a Fireblade with a NSR500 V-Twin bodykit from Glasgow-Genoa in 1998,cruising at 80mph(5000rpm) average, and returned a steady 64mpg...still the most economical motorcycle I've ever toured on! Currently looking at a RF900,why I'm on here...still have that 'Blade,though my mate high-sided it,and destroyed the NSR kit!
I've been two yrs too long without a bike now, but luckily, my favourite bikes by far are 90's sports bikes. Being 60, unwaged, 5'6" and 9 n half stone and skint makes the choice so easy for me! Compact, light, fast, good handling, economical, cheap parts everywhere, and increasing value every year, and Oooooh!--such good fun!----with fully comp 'Classic Bike insurance for £145,----THE CHOICE IS EASY!
back in '94 i bought a new rf900r. looked black in the showroom but in the sunlight it had a blue/purple metallic and purple wheels. my only 3 complaints were - no gas guage, no 6th gear (i always tried for 6th the whole time i owned it) and i hated the yellowish light from the factory headlight bulbs which i replaced with some that were in the 6500k spectrum and super white. loved the comfort and the linear powerband.
Miss my RF900. Superb all rounder: be it weekend B road blasts, 2 up holidays in Alps, odd trackday every now and again ...RF can do it all but required to be manhandled to do keep up with sports bikes on twisties.
Had both a blade and still have an rf900 had a GSXf 750 currently riding a fj1200 too heavy 🪨😮 so I may go get another GSXf 750 .... They really are bargains
Yes, i have a series of videos on this channel showing step by step the whole build of that engine. Never took the bike to the dyno so don't know what peak numbers are. It goes nicely though.
@@AdikxxOkey i will check it out! Do you own a Gsxr 1100 ? If so it would be nice to see you making a review of that bike. I own two Gsxr 1100 my self. One 1995 and one 1998 model. It was my dreambike when I was a kid so its nice to own them today. I have some videos of them on my chanel and also a dyno video of the 1998 bike 💪
firebalde as daily 🤮 rf better as daily especially stock woth 5 speed gearbox not ypur 💩 upgrade to 6 speed gearbox 🤮 😉 beside even stock rf have lil more upright position than stock firebalde 👍🏻 firebalde like for me is better only in weight category where lighter is better cos its 20-30 kg lighter 😁👌🏻 beside this i would choice rf 900 👍🏻stock not yours modified 👌🏻 😉 but yea on track on the same tire stock vs stock firebalde kick ass rf 900 in corners not be huge margin but still 👌🏻 long story short cbr is better track bike rf is better daily bike with the same straight acceleration and top speed stock vs stock 👌🏻
Excellent comparison clip 😃. I Have an RF also, and also owned a CRB for a short while, but I found the RF is comfortable at any speed while the CBR wants you to get a ticket, it never seemed happy just commuting, but a great bike all the same
@@reecesmonkeey4416 i love 80s and 90s bikes. That's what we want to do on this channel. We did a 1982 Suzuki Katana review, check it out: ruclips.net/video/NnNp5jtc_p8/видео.htmlsi=KLVVGnuiGTpotXzc
I bought a new RF900 in 94 in black, it was a toss up between that and the blade but it was around £1500 cheaper so price decided for me. Loved it, a great bike.
I bought a black one in 94 ,now I have 2 900
Well if people were honest the softer more comfortable tourable yet plenty high performance forgotten RF 900 is the way better bike.
I still like analogue clocks, like these here, over any the new digital/high definition thingies ... I dread to think what
a replacement would/will cost, when they eventually start to play up.
I've sort of streetfightered my 94 RF900R. I took the lower fairing off but kept the nose, removed the grab handle, swapped the front forks for the B12 ones and jacked it up a little. It's so much better
Both bikes are from the 90's so I very much like them both.
Another quality video. Great work, sir.
Thank you for watching and commenting, it's appreciated !
The RF's nose looks like Alien, so cool! Though I've never been keen on the back end. Mine is red with black grills, looks very smart. Rare now. Interesting to hear that the performance is similar. Good video, thanks for sharing.
Nice to see an old rf9 being loved. Wish i still had mine i bought showroom new. Same color scheme as yours. I wanted to do the gixxer 1100 swap eventually also😂. You built my dream bike. I had the v&h ss2r on mine and shortened rear fender, stubby signals, Dynojet kit & k&n filter were my only mods. Sold it in 2001 when i started having kids. Much love to you brother. Thanks for the video
Thanks for dropping a comment buddy, it's greatly appreciated.
Suzi for comfort and value and still super smooth!
The RF rear tail light looks like a UFO I love ❤️ all of these bikes shown in this video
Thanks for commenting 💥
@Adikxx - Re: The RF9 Head & Tail lights, I did a mod whereby I pulled them apart, inserted a string of LEDs around the edge of the lights and modded the main bulbs, as below:-
Headlight - used a low oven temp to soften and split it open, then glued in a string of LED's around the shape of the headlight to be wired up and used as the sidelight, and then the main bulb (replaced with a 200% brighter Philips bulb) as per normal - Dipped/High beam.
Rear light cluster - Similar thing, used oven low temp to soften the seal, split both light housings open, then glued in a ring of LEDS around the shape of each of the two light cases, and wired them in to be the normal rear light, then, wired all three normal filament bulbs to be used as the brake lights.
I'd be happy to send anyone the pictures so you can see the tidy effect shown as example of the work I did (fully passed MOT's with no problems too!), my email address is on my RUclips home/info page, it looked cool having the front and rear lights lit up at dusk/night, and, it was a fairly easy job to do too! 😏👌
God I miss my RF900RW (it was a California import in dark green with the grey graphics, I junked all the junk air/fumes-recycling crap and did other mods to her too..)
😎🇬🇧
Thank you for commenting ! It's appreciated!
I got my RF 'by accident' - it was in the right place, at the right time, at low price ...
Great all rounders, under-rated, plenty quick enough.
Only real weakness - the plastic coupling on the later models' alternators (see the owners forum for info),
but these will still last 30,000 or more; the alternator on the earlier bikes (94-96) - the 'green label' one
lasts and lasts....
If I had my time over again? I should have waited, and got another ZX-9R/or a 10, but that's
not down to the Suzuki, just a decades long appreciation of Kawasaki engineering - people that
build ships and aircraft bit and pieces are on a different level altogether ;-)
Great video on 2 great bikes. Thank You.
You probably could not find a RF as good as yous after all the work you have done on it.
Both lovely bikes.
Compared to modern stuff.
I took a Fireblade with a NSR500 V-Twin bodykit from Glasgow-Genoa in 1998,cruising at 80mph(5000rpm) average, and returned a steady 64mpg...still the most economical motorcycle I've ever toured on! Currently looking at a RF900,why I'm on here...still have that 'Blade,though my mate high-sided it,and destroyed the NSR kit!
Those RF down pipes are so shiny! Nice work! 😮
Thanks for watching and commenting, it's appreciated.
I've been two yrs too long without a bike now, but luckily, my favourite bikes by far are 90's sports bikes. Being 60, unwaged, 5'6" and 9 n half stone and skint makes the choice so easy for me! Compact, light, fast, good handling, economical, cheap parts everywhere, and increasing value every year, and Oooooh!--such good fun!----with fully comp 'Classic Bike insurance for £145,----THE CHOICE IS EASY!
You're 100 right saying this. That era of Jap bikes is superb. Good luck with your purchase
Odd comparison, full on race rep v sport tourer, love it❤
Thanks for watching and commenting
back in '94 i bought a new rf900r. looked black in the showroom but in the sunlight it had a blue/purple metallic and purple wheels. my only 3 complaints were - no gas guage, no 6th gear (i always tried for 6th the whole time i owned it) and i hated the yellowish light from the factory headlight bulbs which i replaced with some that were in the 6500k spectrum and super white. loved the comfort and the linear powerband.
Thanks for watching and commenting, we appreciate it.
Riding single- CBR, if with passenger - RF.
Miss my RF900. Superb all rounder: be it weekend B road blasts, 2 up holidays in Alps, odd trackday every now and again ...RF can do it all but required to be manhandled to do keep up with sports bikes on twisties.
Great bike indeed
Had both a blade and still have an rf900 had a GSXf 750 currently riding a fj1200 too heavy 🪨😮 so I may go get another GSXf 750 .... They really are bargains
A Bandit 1200s would be a better bike with just a few mods of intake , Exhaust, and jetting .
Great bikes, thanks for comparation!
Thanks for watching and commenting !
RF looks great. Does the bar conversion on the RF require different cables or brake lines?
Stock cables were good enough. I already had longer braised hoses so not sure if stock hoses would be long enough.
Great comparison! Have you rebuild the engine to 1146cc on the RF? Hos much rwhp and torque does it make?
Yes, i have a series of videos on this channel showing step by step the whole build of that engine. Never took the bike to the dyno so don't know what peak numbers are. It goes nicely though.
@@AdikxxOkey i will check it out! Do you own a Gsxr 1100 ? If so it would be nice to see you making a review of that bike. I own two Gsxr 1100 my self. One 1995 and one 1998 model. It was my dreambike when I was a kid so its nice to own them today. I have some videos of them on my chanel and also a dyno video of the 1998 bike 💪
Blade, blade, blade.. It's like comparing Rachel Riley with Ann widdecombe
@@stevepbriggs thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Great video, thanks!
Pleasure to read this🙃
Awesome bike I want one
Thanks for commenting!
World's first!!!
firebalde as daily 🤮 rf better as daily especially stock woth 5 speed gearbox not ypur 💩 upgrade to 6 speed gearbox 🤮 😉 beside even stock rf have lil more upright position than stock firebalde 👍🏻 firebalde like for me is better only in weight category where lighter is better cos its 20-30 kg lighter 😁👌🏻 beside this i would choice rf 900 👍🏻stock not yours modified 👌🏻 😉 but yea on track on the same tire stock vs stock firebalde kick ass rf 900 in corners not be huge margin but still 👌🏻 long story short cbr is better track bike rf is better daily bike with the same straight acceleration and top speed stock vs stock 👌🏻
But wasn't there a Kawasaki in the running in 94 that was right in the middle between these two
@@paxwallace8324 yep, ZX9R
Y have rf 97 y like
Son motos no bicicletas 😂
I congratulate you of this discovery. You must be really inteligent to figure that out !
Excellent comparison clip 😃. I Have an RF also, and also owned a CRB for a short while, but I found the RF is comfortable at any speed while the CBR wants you to get a ticket, it never seemed happy just commuting, but a great bike all the same
Thank's for watching and sharing your opinion💥
@@Adikxx glad you're making these, what do you think of old school bikes like gs750 or cb750 it would be awesome to see something like that 😀
@@reecesmonkeey4416 i love 80s and 90s bikes. That's what we want to do on this channel. We did a 1982 Suzuki Katana review, check it out:
ruclips.net/video/NnNp5jtc_p8/видео.htmlsi=KLVVGnuiGTpotXzc